Family: |
Rhyacichthyidae (Loach gobies) |
Max. size: |
18 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
Environment: |
demersal; freshwater; brackish; marine; depth range 0 - 5 m, amphidromous |
Distribution: |
Oceania: New Caledonia and Vanuatu. |
Diagnosis: |
Vertebrae: 12-15. Characterized by having 12+15 vertebrae; head, body and fins speckled and mottled with black with darker rows of spots and lines along body and fins (Ref. 92840). |
Biology: |
Max. length (Christine Pöllabauer, pers. comm., 2001). |
IUCN Red List Status: |
Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 22 August 2011 Ref. (130435)
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Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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